Non-refillable bottle.



PLTENTED AUG. 28, 1906.

A. D. & A. B. GEORGE. NON-REFILLABLE BOTTLE.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 12. 1906.

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wi/lmamao atto'auec UNITED "STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ADELBERT D. GEORGE AND AUSTIN B. GEORGE, OF DIXON, ILLINOIS.

NON-REFILLABLE. BOTTLE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed February 12, 1906. Serial NO. 360,769.

To all whmn it .may concern:

Be it known that we, ADELBERT D. GEORGE and AUSTIN B. GEORGE, citizensof the United States, residing at Dixon, in the county of Lee and Stateof Illinois, have in vented certain new and useful Improvements inNon-Refillable Bottles; and we do declare the following to be a full,clear, and

exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilledin the art to which it a pertains to make and use the same.

is invention relates to improvementsin non-refillable bottles.

The object of the invention is to provide a bottle of tliisiaracterhaving a closure constructed in such manner that the refilling ofthebottle in any position will be prevented.

A further object is to provide means to pre vent the interference ortampering with said closing device.

With the above and other objects in view the invention consists ofcertain no'vel features of construction, combination, and arrangement ofparts, as will be hereinafter described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a vertical sectional viewthrough the neck and upper end of the bottle, showing the application ofthe invention thereto. Fig. 2 is a similar view, on a larger scale, ofthe valvecasing, the valve and the protecting-cap removed from thebottle. Fig. 3 is a detail perspective view of the valve-casing andretaming-cap, showing the same separated; and Fig. 4 is a plan view ofthe valve and its seat removed from the casing.

Referringmore particularly to the drawings, 1 denotes the bottle,havinga neck 2, at the lower end of which is formed a globular enlargement 3.Arranged in the enlargement 3 is a valve-casing 4, having a lowercylindrical portion 5 and an upper frusto-conical portion 6. In theupper frusto-conical portion of the valvecasing is formed a series ofdischarge-apertures 7, between which are arranged radially-disposedslots or apertures tion 13, WhlCh is adapted to enter the passage 10 inthe valve-seat when said valve is closed. The valve 12 is preferablyhinged to the upper end of the valve-seat, as shown, and on the upperside of said valve is arranged a disk '14, formed 'of cork .or otherbuoyant mate- Patented Aug. 28, 1906-. M

rial, the object of which will be hereinafter/ described. The disk 14 ispreferably held in place on the valve 12 by means of cli s 15, which arepreferably formed integra withand bent upwardly from the valve. Ar:ranged in the casing above the valve 12 is a ball or other shaped weight16, adapted to close the valve 12 when the bottle is in an inclinedposition, as will be hereinafter more fully described.

Adapted to be placed upon the upper end of the valve-casing 4 is aprotecting-cap 17, said cap being frusto-conical or cup-shaped, so thatthe sides of the same extend downwardly over the apertured upper end ofthe valve-casing, the sides of said cap being such that a space isprovided between the inner walls of the cap and the outer walls ofthevalve-casing, thus permitting liquid to flow out of the apertures in thecasing when the bottle is in an inclined position. Arranged on the capis a series of radially-disposed upwardly and outwardly inclinedspring-tongues 18, said tongues being referably cut from and formedintegral with the material forming the cap. The same, however, ifdesired, may be formed separate therefrom and riveted or otherwisesecured thereto. The valvecasing is provided with inwardly-projectinglugs 20, arranged near the lower end thereof, to hold the valve-seat 9in position in the lower end of the casing, as shown.

In operation the bottle is first filled, after which the valve-casing 4,containing the valve-seat 9 and valve 12, together with the ca 17 areinserted throughthe neck into the en argement 3, so that the lower endof the valve-seat 9 will engage the shoulders formed by the lower end ofthe enlargement 3. When the parts have thus been forced into position inthe enlargement 3, the spring-tongues 18 on the casing17 will sprinoutwardly and engage the shoulder formed y the upper end of theenlargement 3, thus securing the valve and'the protecting-cap in place.If desired, an ordinary stopper may be placed in the u per end of thebottle-neck. When is d sired to discharge liquid from the bottle, the

-filling of the bottle irrespective of same is tilted to a properinclination which f will cause the valve 12 to swing open, thuspermitting the liquid to flow through the passage 10 in the valveseat S)and through the apertures 7 and 8 in the valve-casing,from which, itenters the ei'ilargeinent 3 and passes out through the neck of teebottle. Should an attempt be made to refill the bottle by holding thesame in either a vertical or inclined position, the hall or weight 17will roll down the inclined siiles of the valvecasing and close saidvalve, thus preventing the en trance of liquid while the bottle is in aninelined or vertical position. Should an attempt be made to relill thebottle whei'i in an inverted position, the liquid. .being forced thereinwill as soon as the same enters the valve-easing lent the valve 12 byreason of the cork disk 14, attached thereto, thus caus-- ing the valveto closeflvhich w'll prevent liquid 'from entering the hottle wluzn inthis position. The cap 17 when arranged in place on the upper end of thevalve-easing will prevent the valve from being tampered with or injured.It will thus he seen that a valve constructed and arranged in a mannerdescribed herein will effectively prevent the re the position. in which.the same may he held.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with theaccornpanying drawings, the construction and operation. oi the inventionwill be readily understood without requiring a more extendedexplanation.

Various changes in the form, proportion, and the minor details olconstruction may he resorted to without departing 'lron v the principleor sacrificing any of the advantages of this invention as del'ii'red bythe appended claims.

Having thus described our invention, what weclaiin as new, and desire tosecure by Lettrrs Patent, is-

i. in a non-refillable bottle, the combination with the neck of thebottle having a globular enlai enient, of an apertured valveeasingarran'ed therein, said casing having a trusto-eonicei upper end, aprotectingeap arranged on. the upper end of said casing, springlockirig-tongues arranged on. said cap to engage the shoulder formed bythe upper end of the enlargement in said bottle-neck, a valve seatarranged in the lower end of said casing to engage the shoulders at thelower end of said enlnrgmnent, a valve hingedly connected to said seat,and means to close said valve, siihstantialh sdeserihed.

in a non-refillable bottle, the combination with the neck of the loottlehaving a :nient, of an apertured valvenzrein, said casing having a dupper end, a protecting-cap argmd on. the upper end of said casing,spring locking-tongues arranged on said cap to en.- griigg e he shoulderformed by the upper end of tne enlargement in said bottle-neck, avalveseat arranged in the iower end of said casing to engage theshoulders at the lower end. of snide ent, a valve hingedly connected tosaid sea a disk of buoyant material se cured to L: upper side of saidvalve, and a hall or Weight loosely arranged in said easing ahove saidvalve, suhstai'itially as described.

in test-i inenv whereof We have hereunto set our hands in presence oftwo suhscril'iing witnesses.

ADELBERT D. GEGRGE. AUSTIN B. GEORGE.

